News From Room 21

I look forward to the start of the 2017-2018 school year. Our overview of the year is as follows:

Meet the teacher will be on Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Welcome to 2nd
Grade!

This year, your child will have many opportunities to
practice their skills and strategies using computer-based programs. You will receive all sites, login names and
passwords needed to access each program at Meet the Teacher Night. The websites are easily found on my
school webpage www.pmschools.org/webpages/szegel

Curriculum:

Reading:

Vocabulary development

Phonics/Spelling - Fundations

Grammar

Listening

Guided Reading

Writing:

Personal narratives (memoir – story about self)

Fictional narratives (story)

Informational/Expository (essay)

Persuasive (convince)

Procedural (how-to)

Transactional (letters)

Math:

Sums and Differences to 20

Addition and Subtraction of Length Units

Place Value, Counting and Comparison of Numbers to 1000

Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to
100

Time/Measurement

Social Studies: Communities

Community

Suburban, Urban and Rural

Maps

Geography

Environment

Goods and Services

Needs and Wants

Community Change

Making a Difference

Being a Good Citizen

Science:

Work Like a Scientist

Technology and Our World

All About Animals

All About Plants

Environments for Living Things

Earth and Its Resources

All About Weather

The Solar System

Changes in Matter

Energy and Magnets

Assessments:

Your child will be assessed in many ways this year. Your child is informally assessed on a daily
basis through verbal and written activities.
Children will also be assessed to check their level of understanding of
what was learned in each chapter using formal tests in Reading, Social Studies,
Math and Science.

These tests give us information about your child’s current
reading ability and comprehension of subject material so that we can work on
targeted areas of weakness and strengths.

Test Folder:

On even numbered Fridays, your child may bring home their
test folder. In their agenda, they will
write: ‘Please sign test folder and return on Monday’. You will review their
tests, and sign to acknowledge that you saw each one. The test folder gets sent back on Monday.

Name
____________________________________

Date

Test/Assignment

Grade

Parent Signature

Returned

Homework:

Your child will have math and reading homework every night
from Monday – Thursday. Every now and
then, they may bring home workbook pages to study vocabulary for science and
social studies. Important upcoming dates will be written into their agenda as
well. Please initial the bottom of the
agenda to show that you are aware of what homework your child has completed.

Homework is also updated weekly on my website.

Specials Schedule:

Monday: Art 11::02-11:42

Tuesday: P.E. 9:40-10:20

Wednesday: Library
10:21-11:01

Thursday: P.E. 9:40-10:20

Friday: Music 2:30-3:10

Lunch: 12:26-1:06

Recess: 1:06-1:46

Contact Information:

The best way to reach me is through our class Dojo text
messaging system, which you will receive a code for at Meet the Teacher Night, or by e-mail at: szegel@pmschools.org. I check e-mail throughout the day when the
students are at a special, or after school.

However, if it is something that the school needs to know
about immediately, such as a dismissal change, please call the school at
687-8350. This is also the best way to
contact me if you need to speak directly with me regarding your child. I will do my best to call you back during a
time that the students are at a special.